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[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

'watch this youboob video to find out why you stopped reading

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Same, don't know why I would ever stop

[–] bui@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. I only got back into reading in the past year. I think I stopped because I was trying to read books that I thought I should enjoy. So finding one or more of the education, evolution or escape motivations has helped.

I've never seen this YouTube channel before but I liked this video so much that I subscribed. So thanks for that too.

[–] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I read almost all day, every day. But I rarely read books anymore, which is regrettable.

[–] emma@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Bifocals that I don't get on with. Then a downturn in my health which affected my concentration. Only upside to middle age is that my eyes have changed such that I can read without glasses now so that's what I do.

[–] soggywhale@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I felt to burnt out and exhausted to focus on reading but I started to be able to read again, educational mostly, I want to read more fiction but Ilack any recommendations.

[–] ray@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I recommend Red Team Blues by Cory Doctorow. Came out recently, a pretty short read but plenty fun :)

[–] Fudgy@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Got chronic dry eye and eye strain, I don’t blink enough apparently. My eyes hurt all the time but I refuse to let it stop me from reading.